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BY  THE  SECRETARY  'JuaM^ 


1888. 


Printed  by 

C.    S.    ROBINSON    &    CO., 

Princeton,  N.J. 


PREFACE. 

The  short  notice  of  the  Class  Reunion  will  account 
for  the  appearance  of  this  Eecord.  A  large  part  of  the 
material  for  it  was  gathered  by  Adriance,  the  present 
Secretary's  predecessor,  to  whom  the  thanks  of  the 
Class  are  due  for  his  voluntary  services  in  the  matter. 
Only  one  of  our  number  has  died  during  these  ten 
years — David  Scott.  The  livmg  are  distributed  in 
twenty-one  states  and  territories  of  the  United  States, 
two  being  in  Canada,  and  one  in  Scotland.  We  have 
been  scattered,  literally,  from  the  Atlantic  to  the 
Pacific,  and  from  the  G-reat  Lakes  to  the  G-ulf  of 
Mexico.  With  reference  to  the  money  contributed  for 
a  memorial  chapel  to  Scott  in  Persia,  the  Secretary  has 
been  unable  to  learn  anything  definite.  The  proba- 
bility is  that  it  has  been  expended  in  the  general 
mission  work  of  that  field. 

JOSEPH  H.  DULLES, 

Secretary. 

Princeton,  N.  J.,  Jan.  1888. 


CLASS    REUNION. 


Nine  members  of  the  class  were  present  at  the 
decennial  meeting  held  in  the  old  Oratory  on  the  10th 
of  May,  1887.  These  were :  Allen,  Anderson,  Deems, 
Dulles,  Moran,  Patterson,  Reid,  Eoss,  and  Van  Dyke. 
Deems  was  called  to  the  chair,  and  Dulles  was 
appointed  Secretary.  A  letter  was  read  from  Adriance, 
who  was  unavoidably  absent,  in  which  he  resigned 
his  position  as  Class  Secretary.  Dulles  was  elected  to 
fill  the  vacancy.  On  motion  the  Secretary  was  directed 
to  prepare,  secure  funds  for,  and  publish  a  Decennial 
Eecord  of  the  class.  On  a  further  motion  the  Secre- 
tary was  directed  to  inquire  of  the  Board  of  Foreign 
Missions  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  what  disposition 
had  been  made  of  the  one  hundred  dollars  given  by 
certain  members  of  the  class  for  the  building  of  a 
chapel  in  Persia  to  the  memory  of  David  Scott.  After 
reading  parts  of  the  material  already  gathered  by 
the  retiring  Secretary  for  the  Record  the  meeting 
adjourned. 


DECENNIAL   RECORD. 


Adams,  Lewis  J.,  Jr.,  Dennison,  Texas.  Was 
ordained  April  29,  1878,  by  the  Presbytery  of  Free- 
port,  111.,  and  at  the  same  time  was  installed  pastor  of 
the  First  Presbyterian  church  of  Gi-alena,  111.  He  had 
received  a  call  to  this  church  Dec.  17,  1877.  Here  he 
remained  until  1887,  when  he  moved  to  Dennison, 
Texas.  He  has  been  moderator  of  his  Presbytery, 
and  was  delegate  to  the  G-eneral  Assembly  in  1882. 
He  is  unmarried.  He  writes:  "  The  years  have  glided 
pleasantly  and  peacefully  (I  have  no  wife  as  yet)  and 
nothing  beyond  the  petty  cares  and  trials  of  an  ordi- 
nary pastorate  has  occurred  to  interrupt  the  even  tenor 
of  my  way."     He  uses  manuscript. 

Adriance,  S.  Winchester,  Lowell,  Mass.  Unlike 
the  preceding,  is  now  in  his  third  pastorate.  After 
graduation  from  the  Seminary  he  was  almost  immedi- 
ately ordained  by  the  Presbytery  of  North  Eiver,  May 


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22,  1877,  and  installed  pastor  of  the  Lloyd  Pres- 
byterian Church,  Highland,  N.  Y.  In  the  early  Fall 
of  1880  he  was  settled  over  the  Congregational  Church, 
Woodfords,  Me.,  a  suburb  of  Portland.  Here  he 
remained  four  years,  during  which  he  represented  his 
conference  at  the  National  Conference  of  Congrega- 
tional Churches.  He  accepted  a  call  to  become  the  first 
pastor  of  the  newly  organized  Highland  Cong.  Church, 
Lowell,  Mass.,  and  began  work  there  Nov.  1,  1884. 
He  served  a  brief  time  in  the  Fall  of  1885,  as  the  First 
Secretary  of  the  United  Society  of  Christian  Endeavor, 
but  a  Council  advised  his  remaining  pastor  of  the 
Lowell  church,  and  he  resigned  the  secretaryship. 
Is  Associate  Editor  of  The  Grolden  Rule,  Boston,  fur- 
nishing a  column  and  a  haK  each  week,  having  charge 
of  the  Prayer-meeting  department. 

Adriance  has  written  repeatedly  for  the  Congrega- 
tionalist,  N.  Y.  Observer,  Homiletical  Eeview,  Chris- 
tian at  Work,  Christian  Union,  &c.  Though  many 
sermons  and  articles  have  been  published,  none  are 
important  enough  to  notice.  Has  delivered  addresses 
at  each  of  the  National  Conferences  of  the  Societies  of 
Christian  Endeavor,  and  makes  numerous  addresses 
during  the  winter  before  conventions.   A  tract  entitled 


Class  of  1877.  9 

"The  Begiunings  of  a  Society  of  Christian  Endeavor" 
of  19  pages,  has  been  published  in  some  10,000  copies, 
and  is  now  to  be  stereotyped.  In  1880  he  published 
"Seven  Years,"  being  a  sketch  of  the  class  of  1873, 
Dartmouth  College,  65  pp.  quarto. 

He  was  married,  Oct.  16,  1877,  to  Lizzie  P.  Whit- 
comb  of  Concord,  Mass.  They  have  two  boys  ;  Wil- 
liam, born  Dec.  23,  1880;  and  Eobert  Irving,  born 
Feb.  16,  1884. 

Allen,  Arthur  H.,  Troy,  N.  Y.  Is  pastor  of  the 
Woodside  Presbyterian  Church,  Troy,  N.  Y.  He  was 
licensed  to  preach  by  the  Presbytery  of  Brooklyn,  N. 
Y.,  April  4,  1876.  After  graduation  from  the  Sem- 
inary, he  supplied  from  June  10,  1877,  to  Nov.  18, 
1877,  the  Second  Presbyterian  Cliurch,  Lexington, 
Kv.,  and  although  great  pressure  was  put  upon  him 
to  remain  in  Kentucky,  he  returned  to  Princeton,  to 
continue  his  studies.  There  he  remained  through  the 
winter  of  1877-8.  In  Sept.  1878  he  began  work  at 
Islip,  L.  L,  but  was  not  ordained  until  April  15,  1879, 
when  the  services  of  ordination  and  installation  were 
performed  by  the  Presbytery  of  Nassau.  He  con- 
tinued pastor  of  the  church  at  Islip,  until  January  18, 


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1885,  when  tlie  relation  was  dissolved,  in  order  that 
he  might  accept  a  call  tendered  Dec.  12,  1884,  asking 
him  to  become  pastor  of  the  Woodside  Presbyterian 
Church,  Troy,  N.  Y.  During  his  residence  at  Islip, 
Allen  presided  as  moderator  of  the  Presbytery  of 
Nassau,  from  Oct.  '79  to  April  '80,  and  was  delegate 
in  1882  to  the  G-eneral  Assembly,  at  Springfield,  111. 
He  was  installed  over  the  church  in  Troy,  by  the 
Presbytery  of  Troy,  Feb.  12,  1885,  where  he  remains 
wedded  to  none  but  his  church,  dehghting  in  the 
daily  study  of  Hebrew,  and  performing  the  duties  of 
Stated  Clerk  for  the  Presbytery  of  Troy.  About  half 
the  time  he  preaches  written  sermons  from  man- 
uscript, and  the  other  half  extempore  from  skeleton 
of  sermon  before  him.  He  says;  "my  place  is  here 
(D.  Y.)  for  a  good  while  to  come." 

Anderson,  Matthew,  Philadelphia,  Pa.  No  report 
has  been  received.  After  leaving  the  Seminary,  he 
went  to  New  Haven,  Conn.,  and  supplied  the  Temple 
St.  Congregational  Church  there  from  1877  to  1879. 
June  12,  1878,  he  was  ordained  as  an  evangelist  by 
the  Presbytery  of  Carhsle,  Pa.  From  1879  to  1880 
he   supplied    the   Gloucester    Mission,    Philadelphia, 


Class  of  1877.  11 

and  then  became  pastor  of  the  Berean  Presbyterian 
Church,  Philadelphia,  where  he  still  is,  and  where  he 
has  done  a  good  work  among  his  own  people. 

Banta,  Daniel  B.,  Lebanon,  Ind.  Was  licensed 
by  the  Presbytery  of  Indianapolis  in  Sept.,  1878,  and 
became  stated  supply  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  of 
Shiloh,  Ind.  He  was  ordained  some  time  in  1880, 
and  in  that  year  became  stated  supply  of  the  churches 
of  Lebanon  and  Hopewell,  Ind.  These  are  his  pres- 
ent charges,  according  to  the  Minutes  of  1887.  He 
has  sent  no  report. 

Boyd,  Robert,  West  Elizabeth,  Pa.  Was  ordained 
as  an  evangelist  by  the  Presbytery  of  New  Brunswick, 
April  27,  1877,  at  Princeton.  Prof.  Moffat  preached 
the  sermon,  Eev.  Dr.  Sheldon  delivered  the  charge, 
and  Rev.  Dr.  James  Macdonald  offered  the  ordaining 
prayer.  In  August  of  the  same  year  Boyd  went  to 
Walla  Walla,  Washington  Territory,  and  organized 
there  the  pioneer  Presbyterian  church  of  the  eastern 
part  of  that  territory,  on  Nov.  11, 1877.  A  week  later 
he  did  the  same  important  service  for  eastern  Oregon, 
organizing  a  church  at  Weston,  not  many  miles  over 


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the  border.  For  two  years  he  supplied  these  churches. 
From  the  autumn  of  1879  to  the  summer  of  1885  that 
at  Walla  Walla  occupied  his  entire  attention.  Dur- 
ing this  time  he  raised  $2,000  for  a  lot  and  $8,000  for 
a  church  building.  In  the  fall  of  1885  Boyd  left  his 
work  in  Walla  Walla  and  came  east.  In  May,  1 887,  he 
was  installed  pastor  of  the  Presbyterian  church  of  West 
Elizabeth,  Pa.,  his  native  state,  where  he  is  at  present. 
He  was  at  one  time  moderator  of  the  Presbytery  of 
Oregon,  and  also  of  the  Presbytery  of  Idaho,  as  well 
as  of  the  Synod  of  Columbia.  In  1882  he  was  a  com- 
missioner to  the  General  Assembly  that  met  at  Spring- 
field, 111.  Like  the  others  of  our  far  western  workers 
he  has  seen  thoroughly  our  great  country  in  its  wide 
stretch  from  east  to  west.  He  has  been  a  correspon- 
dent of  the  New  York  Evangelist  and  the  Presbyterian  . 
Banner.  He  writes  his  sermons  in  full  and  delivers 
from  an  outline.  Of  his  present  charge  he  says:  "  We 
are  pleasantly  located  in  a  good  parsonage,  with  a 
good  sanctuary  free  from  debt,  and  a  good  people — 
work  very  encouraging,  field  large,  prospects  bright." 
On  Sept.  25, 1879,  he  married  Mary  C.  Coleman,  of 
Cleveland,  Ohio.  They  have  one  child,  Mildred  May, 
born  June  14,  1883. 


Class  of  1877.  13 

Boyd,  Thomas  M.,  Lewiston,  Idaho.  Was  ordained 
at  Princeton  by  the  Presbytery  of  New  Brunswick, 
April  27,  1877,  and  went  at  once  west.  His  first  set- 
tlement was  at  Waitsbiirg,  Washington  Ter.,  where 
he  remained  from  1877  to  1879.  Then  he  removed  to 
Lewiston,  Idaho,  becoming  pastor  of  the  First  Pres- 
byterian Church  there.  He  has  been  moderator  of  the 
Presbytery  of  Idaho,  and  of  the  Synod  of  Columbia, 
and  twice  a  delegate  to  the  General  Assembly.  The 
church  of  which  he  is  the  pastor  was  organized  in  1880 
with  five  members,  last  year  reported  thirty-eight 
members,  and  this  year  sixty-two.  It  enjoyed  a 
revival  during  the  past  year,  and  on  March  6th  twenty- 
two  were  received  into  membership. 

Oct.  4,  1882,  he  married  Mary  E.  McCarthy,  and 
they  have  two  children,  one  born  May  10,  1884,  and 
the  other  Jan.  10,  1886. 

BuREOUGHS,  George  S.,  D.D.,  Amherst,  Mass.  Was 
ordained  at  Slatington,  Pa.,  July  10,  1877,  by  the 
Presbytery  of  Lehigh.  On  the  same  day  he  was 
installed  pastor  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  of  Slat- 
ington. There  he  remained  until  Feb.  26,  1880.  Feb. 
7,  1880,  he  became   pastor  of   the    First    Church   of 


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Christ  (Congregational),  Fairfield,  Conn.,  where  he 
remained  until  he  assumed  the  pastorate  of  the  First 
Church  of  Christ  (Congregational),  at  New  Britain, 
Conn.,  in  Feb.  1884.  This  church  is  regarded  as  one 
of  the  most  important,  as  it  is  one  of  the  largest,  in 
all  New  England.  In  his  work  there  he  was  assisted 
by  an  associate  pastor. 

Nov.  10,  1886,  he  was  elected  to  the  Samuel  G-reen 
Professorship  of  Biblical  History  and  Interpretation 
in  Amherst  College,  Mass.,  and  on  the  same  date  was 
called  to  the  pastorate  of  the  Congregational  Church  in 
Amherst  College.  He  entered  upon  the  duties  of  both 
during  the  month  of  January,  1887,  and  speaks  of  the 
pleasant  welcome  accorded  him,  and  the  promising 
field  of  influence  openiDg  before  him  in  each  depart- 
ment of  his  work.  He  says  :  "  I  have  a  class  of  ten 
seniors  and  a  resident  in  Hebrew  and  lectures  on  the 
Semitic  languages.  Next  year  I  shall  also  have  a  class 
probably  Juniors,  in  the  History  and  Literature  of  the 
Bible." 

May  30,  1877,  Burroughs  was  married  to  Emma 
Frances  Plumley,  and  has  one  child  living,  Mabel, 
born  March  5,  1878,  at  Slatington,  Pa.  Harold,  born 
at  Fairfield,  Conn.,  May  31,  1883,  died  April  12, 1885. 


Glass  of  1877.  15 

He  was  elected  a  Member  of  The  American  Oriental 
Society  in  May,  1880;  Member  of  The  Society  of 
Biblical  Literature  and  Exegesis  in  June,  1884.  In 
February,  1884,  he  received  the  honorary  degree  of 
Ph.D.  from  Princeton  College,  and  that  of  D.D.  from 
the  same  institution — his  alma  mater — in  June,  1887. 
He  preaches  both  with  and  without  manuscript.  He 
published  a  Decennial  Record  of  the  class  of  1873  of 
Princeton  College,  pp.  "IQ  ;  also  a  Manual  of  the  First 
Church  of  Christ,  New  Britain,  Conn.,  pp.  126. 

Cameron,  Malcolm  C,  Harriston,  Canada.  Writes 
pleasantly  from  his  second  pastorate  in  the  Dominion. 
After  graduation  in  Princeton  he  spent  a  year  in  the 
Divinity  School  of  Yale  University,  obtaining  there 
the  degree  of  B.  D.  He  found  the  theological  atmos- 
phere in  New  Haven  different  from  that  of  Princeton, 
and  much  preferred  the  positive  instruction  of  the 
latter.  Returning  to  Canada  he  soon  received  and 
accepted  a  unanimous  call  to  the  Knox  Presbyterian 
Church  of  Milton  in  the  province  of  Ontario.  He 
was  ordained  and  installed  by  the  Presbytery  of 
Toronto,  March  25,  1879.  He  had  two  preaching 
stations,   one  in  Milton  and   the  other   the   Boston 


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Church  of  Esquesino^,  with  a  united  membership  of 
seventj-nine.  He  reraaiued  in  this  double  chare^e 
until  August,  1887,  when  the  work  had  so  prospered 
that  it  was  too  gi-eat  for  one  man,  and  was  divided  by 
the  Presbytery  into  two  separate  fields.  The  small 
charge  that  he  had  taken  in  1879  had  grown  by  the 
blessing  of  God  into  two  strong  self-supporting 
churches.  Cameron  deenied  it  his  duty  to  resign. 
The  day  after  his  pulpit  was  declared  vacant  he 
received  a  unanimous  call  to  the  Knox  Church  of 
Harriston,  where  he  is  at  present.  In  addition  to  his 
ordinary  ministerial  duties  he  has  been  a  zealous 
advocate  of  the  Temperance  cause,  in  the  line  of  pro- 
hibition. He  extends  an  earnest  invitation  to  any  of 
the  Class  who  may  pass  through  Ontario  to  stop  and 
see  him. 

He  married,  Jan.  19,  1881,  Lillie  Johnston.  They 
have  two  children,  Stewart,  born  Sept.  27,  1885,  and 
Laura,  bom  Sept.  13,  1887. 

Chisolm,  James  J.,  Harrodshurg,  Ky.  Sends  the 
following  report  which  will  speak  best  for  itself. 

"Proceeding  after  my  graduation  to  Baltimore, 
Md.,  I  supplied  the  pulpit  of  the  First  Presbyterian 


Class  of  1877.  17 

Church  iu  that  city  until  October.  I  was  then  called  to 
the  First  Presbyterian  Church  of  Harrodsburg,  Ky., 
where  I  began  my  labors  as  stated  supply  early  in 
November.  After  preaching  there  for  a  year  I  went 
abroad  in  company  with  the  Rev.  R.  Cecil  of  Nicholas- 
ville,  Ky.,  and  Warren  of  our  class,  then  in  Louis- 
ville. We  studied  at  Edinburgh  several  months, 
preaching  on  Sunday,  when  we  desired,  in  different 
places  in  Scotland.  We  then  travelled  on  the  Conti- 
nent and  in  the  far  East.  At  Naples  we  fell  in  wth 
the  Rev.  Dr.  S.  C.  Logan,  of  Scranton,  Pa.,  and  at 
Cairo  in  Egypt  we  met  by  previous  appointment  the 
late  Rev.  Dr.  John  W.  Dulles,  his  son  of  our  class, 
and  the  Rev.  C.  C.  Dickey,  all  of  Philadelphia. 
Forming  there  a  party  of  seven  congenial  souls,  all 
Presbyterian  divines  and  all  but  one  Priuceton  men, 
we  made  a  delightful  six  weeks'  tour  through  Pales- 
tine to  Beirut.  A  permanent  record  of  those  mem- 
orable days  of  camp  life  in  the  Holy  Land  has  been 
made  in  a  book,  The  Ride  Through  Palestine,  pub- 
lished by  Dr.  Dulles  on  his  return  to  America.  At 
Beirut  the  two  parties  that  had  united  in  Cairo  sep- 
arated again,  four  of  us  traveling  westward  by  way  of 


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Constantinople  and  Athens,  the  other  three  remaining 
longer  in  Syria. 

On  mj  return  from  Europe  I  settled  in  Harrods- 
burg,  Ky.,  with  my  former  charge,  being  ordained  by 
the  Presbytery  of  Transylvania,  and  installed  pastor, 
Oct.  19, 1879.  Here  I  have  been  ever  since.  We  have 
passed  together  **  through  sunshine  and  through 
stormy  weather."  We  have  enjoyed  a  precious  revival 
season,  when  in  a  meeting  of  four  weeks  there  were 
120  conversions  and  90  additions  to  our  communion. 
We  have  enjoyed  a  "  Centennial  Celebration,"  and  as 
a  memorial  of  the  occasion  have  put  our  house  of 
worship  in  a  comfortable  and  comely  condition.  We 
have  now  a  membership  of  225,  and  a  record  for  the 
last  eight  years,  in  the  general  work  of  the  church  at 
large,  which  shows  decided  progress  over  all  previous 
years.  Plans  are  now  afoot  which,  when  perfected, 
will  inaugurate,  I  hope,  a  new  era  of  spiritual  prosper- 
ity for  the  church  in  the  future.  The  Lord's  name  be 
praised  for  all  we  have  received,  and  the  Lord's  grace 
forgive  all  wherein  we  have  failed  or  done  amiss  ! " 

Chisolm  is  unmarried. 


Class  of  1877.  19 

CoNDiT,  E.  N.,  AsieHa,  Oregon.  Was  ordained  as 
an  evangelist  by  the  Presbytery  of  Newton,  N.  J., 
May  9,  1877,  and  immediately  went  west.  From  May 
to  November  of  the  same  year  he  acted  as  travelling 
synodical  missionary  for  the  Synod  of  Columbia, 
embracing  Oregon,  Washington  Territory,  and  Idaho. 
He  then  became  the  first  pastor  of  the  First  Presby- 
terian Church  in  Astoria,  Oregon,  serving  this  church 
until  May,  1879.  At  this  time  he  became  stated  sup- 
ply of  the  church  of  Albany,  Oregon,  and  president  of 
the  Albany  Collegiate  Institute.  He  stiU  performs 
the  arduous  double  duties  of  pulpit  and  class-room. 
He  has  recently  built  and  dedicated  a  church  in  an 
outlying  district  near  Albany.  The  Institute  of  which 
he  is  the  head,  is  steadily  improving,  He  was  a  com- 
missioner to  the  G-eneral  Assembly  that  met  in  Sara- 
toga in  1879,  and  was  appointed  one  of  the  assistant 
clerks  of  that  body.  He  has  been  moderator  of  both 
Presbytery  and  Synod. 

July  23,  1884,  he  married  Clara  Jennie  Clark. 
They  have  one  child,  Anna  Melita,  born  April  23, 1885. 

[The  Secretary  is  indebted  to  Condit's  brother,  the 
Rev.  I.  H.  Condit,  of  Elizabeth,  N.  J.,  for  the  above 
facts.] 


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Cook,  Milton  L.,  Merry  all,  Pa.  Is  pastor  of  the 
Wyalusing  First  Presbyterian  Churicli,  Merrvall,  Pa., 
where  he  succeeds  his  father,  who  was  laid  aside  by 
paralysis  nearly  two  years  ao^o.  Cook  was  ordained 
as  an  evangelist  in  April,  1877,  by  the  Presbytery  of 
Lackawanna,  at  Towanda,  Pa,  He  began  work  at 
Missoula,  Montana,  in  May,  1877,  and  continued  there 
until  May,  1882.  While  there,  the  settlements  were 
threatened  by  Joseph  and  the  Nez  Perces  Indians,  and 
there  was  for  a  time  great  excitement.  Cook  armed 
himself  with  the  other  settlers,  and  bore  himself 
bravely  in  a  bloodless  battle  at  Lolo,  where  a  bloody 
engagement  was  expected.  Many  of  his  friends  were 
afterwards  killed  in  the  Big  Hole  battle. 

In  October,  1882,  he  began  work  at  Wysok,  Pa., 
and  in  January,  1884,  at  Phillipsburg,  Pa.  After  his 
father  was  laid  aside,  he  began  work,  in  December, 
1885,  at  Merryall.  He  speaks  of  having  broken  down 
with  mental  and  nervous  prostration,  a  year  ago,  so 
that  he  was  obliged  for  a  long  time  to  stop  work 
entirely.  He  is  now  gaining  slowly,  but  is  doing  only 
half  work.  He  was  one  of  the  speakers  in  the  Synod 
of  New  Jersey  in  1882  (the  Secretary  heard  him,  and 
a  rousing  good  speech  he  made),  and  at  Springfield, 


Class  of  1877.  21 

111. ;  has  been  twice  moderator  of  Presbytery,  and  twice 
delegate  to  General  Assembly.  He  preaches  almost 
entirely  without  manuscript,  although  he  writes  his 
sermons.  He  says:  *'I  have  met  many  of  the  class  in 
different  parts  of  the  land.  Five  of  us  sat  down  to 
dinner  together  in  Denver  in  1878.  T  have  several 
times  seen  McNiece  in  Salt  Lake  City.  I  had  the 
pleasure  of  hearing  van  Dyke  and  Deems  in  New  York, 
in  October,  1886,  and  met  Ledwith,  who  had  his  bride 
with  him  in  New  York  at  the  time." 

He  married,  Sept.  4,  1878,  Mary  Thomas.  They 
have  four  children — Mary  Gr.,  bom  December  16, 1879; 
Welling  Thomas,  born  Sept.  16,  1881;  Paul  Darwin, 
born  Nov.,  1883;  Alice  Harriet,  born  Feb.  7,  1886. 


Ctjmmings,  John  W.,  Nankin.  0.  Is  pastor  of  the 
Orange  Presbyterian  Church  of  Nankin.  He  was 
ordained  at  Shelby,  O.,  June  12,  1878,  by  the  Presby- 
tery of  Wooster,  J.  W.  Thompson  of  our  class  being 
ordained  at  the  same  time.  He  was  called  to  the 
church  at  Nankin,  April  5,  1878,  and  installed  June 
29,  1878.  He  offered  his  services  to  the  Board  of 
Foreign  Missions,  but  was  refused  on  account  of  poor 


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health.     He  has  been  moderator  of  Presbytery,  and 
was  delegate  to  G-eneral  Assembly  m  1883. 

September  4,  1879,  he  married  Harriet  De  Ford, 
and  has  one  child,  William  DeFord,  born  Oct.  6, 1881. 

Davies,  John  M.,  Knoxville,  Tenn.  For  reasons 
of  "health  and  observation"  did  not  take  up  ministe- 
rial work  immediately  after  graduating.  In  December 
of  1877  he  began  supplying  the  Presbyterian  Church 
of  Hanover,  O.,  remaining  there  until  May  of  the  fol- 
lowing year.  He  was  ordained,  Nov.  7,  1878,  at 
Dayton,  O.,  by  the  Presbytery  of  Dayton.  Meanwhile 
he  had  become,  in  May,  1878,  pastor-elect  of  the 
church  of  Osborn,  0.  He  served  this  church  a  year, 
and  then  had  the  following  settlements :  from  May, 
1879,  to  Feb.,  1881,  he  was  pastor  of  the  Presbyterian 
Church  of  Brecksville,  O. ;  from  Feb.,  1881,  to  Oct., 
1883,  pastor  at  Niles,  O. ;  from  Oct.,  1883,  to  Feb., 
1885,  stated  supply  of  the  church  of  Kingsville,  O. 
Jan.  1,  1886,  he  was  appointed  by  the  Board  of  Home 
Missions  Superintendent  of  Home  Missions  in  the 
Synod  of  Tennessee.  He  is  still  engaged  in  this  use- 
ful position.  Davies  was  a  commissioner  to  the  Gen- 
eral Assembly  that  met  in  Minneapolis,  in  1886.     He 


Class  of  1877.  23 

assisted  in  founding  a  Prt^sbyterian  Academy  at 
Elizabetlitown,  Tenn.,  "and  the  trustees  chartered  the 
institution  as  Davies  Academy."  He  writes  that  he 
has  enjoyed  good  health  since  graduation,  with  the 
exception  of  a  severe  attack  of  pneumonia  in  1887. 
He  is  the  author  of  the  Tennessee  Letters  that  appear 
in  the  Herald  and  Presbyter. 

Aug.  23, 1880,  he  married  Mary  Catherine  Jynkins, 
of  Ironton,  0.  A  daughter,  Harriet  Storrs,  was  born 
June  15,  1881 ;  and  a  son,  Kendall  Coile,  was  bom 
Dec.  21,  1886,  and  died  Jan.  28,  1887. 

Deems,  Edward  M.,  Neiv  York  City.  Is  pastor  of 
the  Westminster  Presb.  Church  of  New  York.  He 
was  ordained  and  installed  at  Longmont,  Col.,  Oct. 
23, 1877,  by  the  Presbytery  of  Denver,  Eev,  John  G. 
Reid  giving  the  charge  to  the  people.  Here  he 
remained  until  March  1,  1879,  when  he  returned  east, 
and  July  18,  1879,  became  pastor  of  the  Westminster 
Presbyterian  Church,  New  York  City.  While  in  the 
West,  he  spent  parts  of  1877,  '78  and  '79  in  extensive 
travel  through  Nevada,  Colorado,  and  California,  and 
in  the  summer  of  1879  went  to  Europe.  He  was  mar- 
ried, in  Norfolk  Va.,  April  17,  1884,  to  Virginia  W. 


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Price.  They  have  one  child,  Charles  Price,born 
April  22,  1885.  His  wedding  tour  was  in  1884  to 
Grreat  Britain  and  the  Continent.  He  has  been 
moderator  of  the  Presbytery  of  New  York,  and  in 
1886  was  delegate  to  the  General  Assembly.  He  reads 
his  morning  sermon,  and  preaches  without  manuscript 
in  the  evening. 

Dewey,  Finley  M.,  Montreal,  Canada.  Was 
ordained  on  the  9th  of  August,  1877,  by  the  Presby- 
tery of  Quebec,  and  at  the  same  time  installed  pastor 
of  the  congregations  of  Richmond  and  Windsor  MiUs, 
Can.  After  three  years  he  was  given  charge  of  the 
church  of  Lower  Windsor,  seven  miles  from  Rich- 
mond, instead  of  Windsor  Mills.  He  writes :  "  For 
six  years  I  remained  in  charge  of  these  two  congrega- 
tions, preaching  three  times  each  Sabbath,  teaching 
two  Bible  classes,  and  driving  fourteen  miles.  While 
one  dare  not  speak  confidently  of  the  results  of  his 
own  work,  I  may  thankfully  say  that  these  nine  years 
of  labor  were  as  fruitful  in  spiritual  results  as  one 
could  expect  in  the  circumstances.  During  this  period 
I  was  clerk  of  the  Presbytery  of  Quebec,  and  for  two 
years  was  convener  of  Presbytery's  Home   Mission 


Class  of  1877.  26 

Committee.  I  was  also  on  three  occasions  appointed 
a  delegate  to  the  General  Assembly.  In  1886  I 
received  a  unanimous  call  to  the  Stanley  St.  Presby- 
terian Church  of  Montreal,  accepted,  and  was  installed 
Sept.  30,  1886.  My  congregation  is  one  of  the  last 
organized  in  the  city,  and  is  not  yet  very  large,  but  is 
growing  satisfactorily.  I  feel  that  God  is  greatly 
blessing  me  in  my  work  here."     He  is  unmarried. 

DuFFiELD,  Howard,  Detroit,  Mich.  Is  pastor  of 
the  Westminster  Presbyterian  Church  of  Detroit.  He 
was  ordained  and  installed  by  the  Presbytery  of 
Westminster,  at  Paradise,  Pa.,  June  26,  1877.  There 
he  remained  as  pastor  of  the  Leacock  Presbyterian 
Church  until  February,  1880.  He  was  married  May 
24,  1877,  to  Catherine  N.  Greenleaf,  of  New  York 
City.  Two  children  are  living,  Eleanor  Van  Dyck, 
aged  six  years,  and  Stuart  Kennedy,  aged  four  years. 
Three  children  have  died.  In  February,  1880,  he 
became  pastor  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  at  Beverly, 
N.  J.  In  April  1884  he  began  his  pastorate  in  Detroit. 
He  has  been  moderator  of  the  Presbytery  of  Mon- 
mouth, N.  J.,  and  was  delegate  to  General  Assembly 
in  1883.     He  preaches  entirely  without  manuscript. 


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Dulles,  Joseph  H.,  Princeton,  N.  J.  Immediately 
after  graduation  from  tlie  Seminary  assumed  charge 
of  chapels  at  Jenkintown  and  Edge  Hill,  in  the  vicin- 
ity of  Philadelphia,  closing  this  engagement  on  the 
last  Sabbath  of  October  in  the  same  year.  Dec.  9, 
1877,  he  was  ordained  as  an  evangelist,  in  the  Walnut 
St.  Presbyterian  Church,  Philadelphia.  He  left  for 
the  West,  and  from  Dec,  1877,  to  June,  1878,  he 
was  stated  supply  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church, 
Nebraska  City,  Neb.  Eeturning  east  on  account  of 
impaired  health,  he  started,  Nov.  14,  1878,  on  a  trip 
abroad,  and  was  gone  almost  a  year,  until  Oct.  20, 
1879,  including  in  his  travels  Southern  Europe,  Egypt, 
Palestine,  Constantinople,  G-reece,  and  three  months 
study  in  G-ermany.  In  Dec,  1880,  he  assumed  the 
pastorate  of  the  Second  Presbyterian  Church,  Belvidere, 
N.  J.,  and  was  installed  Jan.  24,  1881.  A  second 
failure  of  health  led  him  to  resign  this  charge  in 
January  of  1883.  He  made  a  second  tour  abroad 
remaining  almost  two  years,  from  December,  1883, 
until  Oct,  28,  1885,  visiting  Spain,  Algeria,  Switzer- 
land, Italy,  Austria,  and  Germany.  Oct.  27, 1886,  he 
was  elected  Librarian  of  Princeton  Theological  Sem- 
inar v.     He  is  unmarried. 


Class  of  1877.  27 

HuGGART,  Thomas  S.,  Lancaster,  0.  "Was  prin- 
cipal of  Salem  Academy,  Ohio,  from  1877  to  to  1884. 
In  September,  1884,  he  was  licensed  by  the  Chillicothe 
Presbytery ;  ordained  by  the  Marion  Presbytery,  Dec, 
1884.  He  was  pastor  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  of 
Ostrander,  0.,  from  October,  1884,  to  April,  1886. 
In  May,  1886,  he  became  pastor  of  the  Presbyterian 
Church  of  Lancaster,  O.,  where  he  is  at  present. 

Kerr,  Oliver  A.,  Bordentown,  N.  J.  Was  ordained 
by  the  Presbytery  of  Monmouth,  N.  J.,  Sept.  4,  1877, 
and  installed  pastor  of  the  Presbyerian  Church  of 
Bordentown,  N.  J.  He  has  remained  in  that  charge 
until  the  present  time.  He  is  married  and  has  two 
children,  both  boys.     He  sends  no  report. 

Led  WITH,  William  L.,  Philadelphia.  Pa.  Was 
ordained  by  the  Presbytery  of  Westminster,  Pa.,  June 
27,  1877,  and  at  the  same  time  installed  pastor  of 
the  Bellevue  Presbyterian  Church  of  Gap,  Pa.  He 
served  this  church  for  six  years.  During  that  time 
he  was  moderator  of  the  Westminster  Presbytery  and 
a  commissioner  to  the  G-eneral  Assembly  of  1883.  In 
the  autumn  of  1883  he  accepted  a  call  to  the  South 


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Presbyterian  Chui'cli  of  Philadelphia,  and  was  installed 
over  this  new  charge  in  October  of  the  same  year. 
He  has  served  a  term  as  moderator  of  the  Presbytery 
of  Philadelphia. 

On  Oct.  25,  1886,  he  married  Sarah  W.  Cooper  of 
Philadelphia.  Deems  was  present  and  assisted  in  the 
ceremony.  Ledwith  seized  an  opportunity  before  his 
marriage  to  take  a  flying  trip  to  Europe. 

Lloyd,  John  E.,  NyacJc,  N.  Y.  Was  ordained  by 
the  Presbytery  of  Boston,  June  5,  1878.  He  became 
stated  supply  of  the  Church  at  Ryegate,  Vt.,  in  1877, 
and  pastor  of  the  same  church  1878-79.  From  Eye- 
gate  he  moved  to  Booneville,  N.  Y.,  where  he  was 
pastor  1879-81.  He  is  now  settled  over  the  Presby- 
terian Church  of  Nyack,  N.  T.     He  sends  no  report. 

McMeen,  William  H.,  Charlotte,  N.  C.  Was 
ordained  as  an  evangelist,  May  9,  1878,  by  the  Pres- 
bytery of  Colorado.  He  supplied  the  Presbyterian 
Church  of  Beatrice,  Neb.,  during  1878-79,  and  in  1880 
the  church  of  Frederick  City,  Md.  He  writes  :  "  As 
you  know  I  was  prostrated  by  hemorrhages  of  the  lungs 
just  before  our  graduation,  and  for  nearly  four  years 


Class  of  1877.  29 

was  unable  to  take  up  my  life  work.  By  advice  of 
my  physician  I  spent  these  years  in  travel  and  in  most 
careful  attention  to  the  details  of  health-seeking. 
During  my  stay  in  Colorado,  Deems  contributed 
greatly  to  my  improvement  by  his  thoughtfulness  and 
patience.  I  received  invitations  to  become  a  pastor, 
but  was  unable  to  accept  them,  although  I  supplied 
churches  for  a  limited  season.  In  1881 1  was  so  much 
better  that  I  accepted  a  call  to  the  Presbyterian 
Church  of  Milford  Centre,  Ohio.  The  membership  of 
this  church  was  small  but  wealthy.  They  built  me  a 
handsome  parsonage,  and  with  a  "hired  housekeeper" 
I  was  very  comfortable.  The  years  passed  quietly 
and  pleasantly.  The  winters  proving  trying  to  my 
lungs  I  concluded  to  test  the  southern  climate.  My 
friends'  in  Ohio  refused  to  allow  the  pastoral  relation 
to  be  dissolved,  but  engaged  a  supply  for  the  winter 
of  1883-84,  as  they  thought  I  would  soon  get  tired  of 
the  South  and  be  willing  to  return  to  them.  The 
pastoral  relation  was  not  formally  dissolved  until  I 
had  been  one  year  in  Georgia.  Through  some  friends 
I  had  been  called  to  the  Presbyterian  Church  of  Bain- 
bridge  in  that  state.  This  field  proved  very  pleasant 
and  the  climate  was  delightful.     Every  summer  I  had 


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a  loDg  vacation,  so  that  I  knew  very  little  of  the 
hottest  season.  My  health  improved  wonderfully,  and 
now  no  one  would  judge  from  my  appearance  that  I 
had  ever  been  an  invalid."  McMeen  speaks  in  glow- 
ing terms  of  his  associations  with  the  people  of  Georgia. 
He  found  them  "  intelligent,  refined,  and  hospitable, 
as  only  southern  people  raised  upon  large  plantations 
know  how  to  be."  He  experienced  no  difficulty  on 
account  of  his  northern  sentiments.  His  congregation 
was  the  largest  of  any  denomination  in  the  county  and 
was  responsive  to  the  gospel  preached,  and  remarkably 
faithful  to  their  Christian  duties. 

To  quote  again  from  his  letter:  "  You  may  recall 
Eoderick  Henderson,  a  Canadian,  who  left  our  class 
at  the  close  of  the  Middle  Year,  and  finished  his  course 
at  Columbia  Seminary.  I  found  him,  when  I  went  to 
G-eorgia,  pastor  of  the  Anderson  Street  Presbyterian 
Church  of  Savannah.  He  assisted  me  in  protracted 
meetings  held  in  my  church  during  two  winters.  He 
was  very  highly  esteemed  as  a  preacher,  but  over- 
worked himself  and  died  of  brain-fever." 

McMeen  remained  with  his  church  in  Bainbridge 
until  the  Fall  of  1886,  when  at  the  solicitation  of  some 
friends  in  the  North,  who  were  interested  in  the  work 


Class  of  1877.  31 

of  Biddle  University  at  Charlotte,  N.  C,  and  thought 
his  experience  in  the  South  gave  him  special  qualifica- 
tions to  be  helpful  in  that  work,  he  resigned  his  charge 
and  went  to  his  present  useful  position,  that  of  Pro- 
fessor of  Mathematics  in  Biddle. 

He  "  supposes  "  that  he  should  count  among  his 
misfortunes  the  fact  that  he  is  still  a  bachelor. 

McNiECE,  Eobert  G.,  D.  D.,  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah. 
Was  ordained  as  an  Evangelist  by  the  Presbytery  of 
New  Brunswick,  April  27,  1877,  in  the  First  Presby- 
terian Church  of  Princeton,  and  went  immediately  to 
Salt  Lake  City  to  become  pastor  of  the  First  Presby- 
terian Church  of  that  place.  This  relation  he  has  con- 
tinued to  hold  until  the  present  time.  He  occupies 
one  of  the  most  important  and  most  difficult  posts 
within  the  bounds  of  the  Presbyterian  Church,  stick- 
ing to  it  in  spite  of  earnest  invitations  to  churches  in 
Indianapolis  and  Columbus,  as  well  as  to  the  professor- 
ship of  English  Literature  in  Dartmouth  College. 
He  has  become  a  recognized  authority  on  the  Mormon 
question,  and  is  no  doubt  an  unusually  irritating 
thorn  in  the  side  of  the  "  saints."  At  the  request  of 
one  of  the  editors  of  the  Preshyterian  Review  he  wrote 


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an  article  on  Mormonism,  which  was  published  in  the 
April  number,  1881.  There  has  also  been  published 
a  lecture  he  delivered  in  Salt  Lake  City  in  reply  to  a 
talented  champion  of  infidelity  from  Australia. 

McNiece  still  holds  to  the  views  he  expressed  so 
vigorously  when  in  the  Seminary  with  reference  to 
preaching  unencumbered  by  a  manuscript,  He  gen- 
erally preaches  from  a  brief — one  must  add — a  short 
brief.  The  years  have  wrought  no  change  in  his  con- 
victions. He  writes  :  "  My  observation  confirms  me 
in  saying  that,  with  few  exceptions,  the  man  who  uses  a 
MS.  puts  a  stone-wall  between  himself  and  the  people  ; 
the  man  who  uses  notes  puts  a  low  picket-fence 
between  himself  and  the  people ;  while  the  man  who 
speaks  after  careful  thought,  does  so  without  any  ob- 
struction separating  him  from  his  hearers."  He 
records  visits  from  Nesbit,  Warren,  and  Duffield.  The 
last  strengthened  the  above  convictions  by  preaching 
in  his  church  without  notes  three  sermons  which  made 
a  profound  impression  upon  both  pastor  and  people. 
McNiece  has  been  moderator  of  the  Presbytery  and 
also  of  the  Synod  of  Utah,  and  was  a  commissioner  to 
the   Q-eneral   Assembly   of   1880.      He   received  the 


Class  of  1877.  33 

degree  of  Doctor  of  Divinity  from  both  Wabash  Col- 
lege, Ind.,  and  Kaox  College,  111,  in  June,  1883. 

He  was  married  in  G-alesburg,  111.,  Aug.  4,  1881, 
to  Sarah  J.  Irwin,  of  Galesburg,  a  graduate  of  Knox 
College.  They  have  two  children,  Irwin,  born  June 
17,  1882,  and  Eenwick  Sloane,  born  June  28,  1886. 

MoRAN,  E.  E.,  Ironton,  Ohio.  During  the  winter 
months  previous  to  his  graduation,  supplied  the  united 
churches  of  Cream  Eidge  and  New  Egypt,  N.  J.  These 
labors  were  so  acceptable  that  a  unanimous  call  was 
given  him  by  each  of  these  churches  for  his  permanent 
services.  He  accepted  the  united  call,  and  on  June 
20,  1877,  was  ordained  by  the  Presbytery  of  Mon- 
mouth and  installed  pastor  of  these  two  charges.  In 
this  work  he  remained  six  years,  enjoying  comfort, 
peace,  and  prosperity. 

But  we  will  let  Moran  tell  his  own  story,  as  he 
does  in  the  third  person.  In  the  mean  time,  by  his 
own  personal  efforts,  he  raised  the  money,  and  in 
April,  1882,  bought  and  paid  for  a  parsonage.  On 
May  4th,  he  was  married  to  Mary  E.  Purdy  of  Wheel- 
ing, West  Ya.,  and  returning  with  her  took  possession 
of  the  parsonage  on  May  18.     Both  churches  worked 


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in  perfect  harmony,  and  were  p^reatly  increased  in 
material  and  spiritual  prosperity  during  his  ministry, 
where  he  is  held  in  the  highest  esteem  for  his  faith- 
fulness and  devotion  to  them,  even  to  this  day. 

In  April,  1883,  he  received  a  unanimous  call  to  the 
Presbyterian  Church,  Asbury  Park  N.  J.  This  opened 
up  to  him  a  wider  field  of  usefulness;  and  hence  after 
due  consideration  he  accepted  the  call,  and  was 
installed  over  the  Seaside  Church  at  a  meeting  of  Pres- 
bytery held  for  that  purpose  on  June  15th,  1883. 
The  church  grew  rapidly  in  membership  and  in  material 
strength.  A  handsome  and  commodious  parsonage  was 
built  for  their  pastor  at  a  cost  of  $3,200.  and  taken 
possession  of  by  him,  March  15,  1884.  But  trouble 
soon  arose  because  of  the  pastor's  disapproval  of  a 
certain  theatrical  entertainment  proposed  by  the  young 
people  for  the  benefit  of  the  church.  The  dif&culty 
spread  from  this  to  other  matters  and  grew  in  spite  of 
the  pastor's  efforts  toward  conciliation,  until  at  length 
it  seemed  wise  for  him  to  resign.  The  majority  of  the 
people  were  with  difficulty  persuaded  to  allow  the 
suggestion  of  his  resignation  to  be  taken  to  Presbytery. 
When  this  was  done,  Presbytery  refused  to  dissolve 
the  pastoral  relation,  and  Moran  returned  to  his  work. 


Class  of  1877.  36 

All  went  well  for  a  time,  but  the  old  trouble  reappear- 
ing he  came  before  Presbytery,  in  session  in  Allentown, 
April  12, 1887,  and  insisted  upon  being  released  from 
his  charge.  His  request  was  granted  and  the  pastoral 
relation  was  dissolved. 

The  following  summer  months  were  spent  in  rest 
and  recreation,  and  in  occasional  preaching.  In 
October,  1887,  he  received  a  hearty  and  unanimous 
call  to  the  Presbyterian  Church  of  Ironton,  O.  This 
he  at  once  accepted,  and  entered  upon  his  new  work 
on  the  13th  of  November.  The  church  is  one  of  the 
largest  and  most  influential  in  the  Presbytery  of 
Portsmouth,  the  field  promising,  and  so  once  more  he 
has  peace  of  mind  and  rest  of  soul,  and  is  filled  with 
hopeful  anticipation  of  doing  much  for  the  Master, 
who  has  brought  him  out  of  perplexing  difficulties 
into  a  peaceful  haven  on  the  banks  of  the  Ohio.  There 
are  two  young  Morans  who  enliven  the  Ironton 
parsonage,  "  a  black-eyed  son,"  Henry  Ellsworth,  born 
May  1,  1885,  and  "a  blue-eyed  daughter,"  Ethel 
Virginia,  born  December  2,  1886. 

Nesbit,  a.  W.,  Pomona,  Cal.  Was  ordained  by 
the  Presbytery   of   Missouri,  August  24,  1877,   and 


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became  stated  supply  for  the  churclies  of  Marshall, 
Miami,  and  Triplett,  Mo.,  in  connection  with  the 
Presbyterian  Church  South.  He  soon  concentrated 
his  labors  in  Marshall,  where  he  remained  three  years. 
Then  on  account  of  poor  health,  he  gave  up  his  work 
and  spent  two  years  in  foreign  travel,  "visiting  all 
the  points  of  interest  in  Europe  and  the  Orient,  and 
winding  up  with  a  trip  around  the  world."  Returning 
to  America  in  1882,  he  became  stated  supply  of  the 
Broadway  Presbyterian  Church  of  Sedalia,  Mo.,  where 
he  remained  five  years.  In  this  time  the  membership 
of  the  church  was  doubled,  and  a  fine  church  building 
was  erected.  The  failure  of  his  father's  health  com- 
pelled him  to  resign  his  charge,  that  he  might  under- 
take the  settlement  of  his  father's  business  affairs.  In 
this  he  is  still  engaged,  but  hopes  to  resume  his 
ministerial  labors  in  the  Fall  of  1888.  Since  graduat- 
ing he  has  declined  two  professorships  and  two  editorial 
positions.  He  married,  Nov.  6th,  1884,  Emma  Howard, 
of  Fulton,  Mo.  They  have  one  child,  Marie  Mont- 
gomery, born  Oct.  14,  1885. 

Patterson,  William   P.,    Newcastle,    Bel.     Was 
licensed  by  the  Presbytery  of  Philadelphia,  May  5, 


Class  of  1877.  37 

1877.  He  was  ordained  June  12,  1877,  at  Titusville, 
N.  J.,  by  the  Presbytery  of  New  Brunswick,  and  in- 
stalled on  the  same  date  pastor  of  the  Presbyterian 
Church  in  Titusville.  Eev.  R.  M.  Patterson,  D.  D.,  of 
Philadelphia  (his  uncle),  preached  the  sermon.  His 
pastorates  have  been  as  follows :  Titusville,  N.  J., 
June  12, 1877;  Marple,  Pa.,  Nov.  13, 1879;  Newcastle, 
Bel.,  from  Oct.  30, 1884,  to  present  date.  In  Aug.  14, 
1877,  he  was  married  to  Margaret  W.  Beck,  and  has 
four  children,  Paul  Canning,  born  Jan.  28,  1879; 
Margaret  Elizabeth,  Oct.  16,  1880  ;  Eaymond  Parker, 
Sept.  30,  1882,  and  Ealph  Hamilton,  Nov.  29,  1883. 
He  has  written  a  memorial  volume  of  the  life 
of  his  predecessor  at  Newcastle,  Eev.  J.  B.  Spots- 
wood,  D.  D.  Was  delegate  to  General  Assembly,  at 
Saratoga,  in  1884,  He  has  written  several  articles  to 
Presbyterian  journals.  Preaches  fully  three-quarters 
of  the  time  from  manuscript,  in  accordance  with  the 
preference  of  his  people. 

Peyton,  Charles  S.,  Bohinson,  Texas.  Is  pastor  of 
the  Presbyterian  Church  at  Eobinson,  and  also  of  what 
is  known  as  the  Carolina  Church,  supplying  each  one- 
half  of  the  time.    Was  licensed  to  preach  at  Atchison, 


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Kansas,  April,  1876,  by  the  Highland  Presbytery. 
He  was  ordained  at  Weatherford,  Texas,  April,  1878, 
by  the  Presbytery  of  Central  Texas,  Rev.  Hillery 
Mosely  preached  the  sermon.  He  was  settled  at  Ber- 
ton,  Tex.,  from  Oct.,  1877,  to  April,  1885,  a  part  of 
this  time  serving  also  the  Temple  Church  in  connection 
with  that  at  Berton.  Has  been  moderator  of  Presby- 
tery of  Central  Texas.  He  writes :  "  Much  of  my  work 
has  necessarily  been  a  pioneer  work  in  this  compara- 
tively new  country.  Both  Berton  and  Temple  put  up 
their  first  church-buildings  under  my  pastorate."  He 
is  unmarried. 

E.EID,  John  Gr.,  Greeley,  Col.     Was  licensed  April 

3,  1876,  by  the  Presbytery  of  New  York,  in  the 
Scotch  Church,  New  York  City.     The  next  year,  April 

4,  1877,  he  was  ordained  by  the  same  Presbytery,  as 
an  evangelist  for  Home  Mission  Work.  The  prayer 
was  offered  and  the  charge  given  by  Rev.  William 
Adams,    D.  D.,  then   moderator   of   the    Presbytery. 

From  May  1  to  Nov.  1, 1876,  while  in  the  Seminary, 
was  Home  Missionary  supply  for  the  church  at 
Delanco,  N.  J.,  on  tlie  Delaware  River,  above  Phila- 
delphia.    May  1,  1877,  became  stated  supply  of  the 


Class  of  1877.  39 

First  Presbyterian  Church,  Boulder,  CoL,  and  was 
regularly  installed  as  pastor  of  the  church  by  the 
Presbytery  of  Denver,  Jan.  17,  1878,  continuing  there 
until  July  21,  1881.  He  married,  Oct.  26,  1881.  S. 
Sophia  Stewart,  daughter  of  Eev.  John  F.  Stewart,  of 
Evans,  Col.  They  have  three  children,  Helen  Stewart, 
born  July  15, 1882  ;  Donald  Alexander,  Feb.  23, 1884; 
Albert  Graeme,  Nov.  4,  1885.  After  the  close  of  his 
labors  at  Boulder,  he  became  Superintendent  of  Pres- 
byterian Missions  for  the  Synod  of  Colorado,  embracing 
at  that  time  Colorado,  Wyoming,  and  New  Mexico. 
This  position  he  held  until  May  1,  1884,  travelling 
an  average  of  1,200  to  1,500  miles  per  month,  and 
preaching  200  to  250  sermons  per  year.  In  connection 
with  this  he  says:  "It  was  my  boast  in  1884  that 
there  was  not  a  considerable  town  or  village  of  more 
than  200  inhabitants  in  Colorado  or  Wyoming,  that  I 
had  not  visited,  and  but  few  in  New  Mexico ;  that  there 
was  not  a  point  of  interest  in  Colorado,  in  the  matter 
of  scenery  or  historical  associations,  that  I  had  not  seen ; 
that  there  was  scarcely  a  hamlet  in  the  state  where  I 
had  not  preached  at  least  once."  May  1,  1884,  he 
became  stated  supply  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church 
at  Greeley,  Col.,  where  he  now  is.     He  was  delegate 


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to  two  of  the  G-eneral  Assemblies,  in  1879  and  1883, 
the  first  time  from  the  Presbytery  of  Colorado,  and  the 
second  from  that  of  Denver.  In  1880  was  moderator 
of  the  Presbytery  of  Colorado.  He  preaches  without 
manuscript,  writing  the  sermon  fully  in  short-hand, 
but  not  taking  anything  into  the  pulpit,  save  a  very 
brief  card  with  the  heads  of  the  sermon. 

E-OSEBOEOFGH,  Jamos  W.,  Palmyra,  Mo.  Was 
licensed  to  preach  Sept.  22,  1877,  at  Water  Yalley, 
Miss.,  by  the  Presbytery  of  Northern  Mississippi,  and 
ordained  at  Oxford,  Miss.,  in  April,  1878.  He  writes: 
"  I  preached  two  years  at  Water  Yalley  and  Hopewell, 
Miss.,  and  then  gave  up  the  former  on  getting  a  wife 
and  finding  it  expedient  to  move  to  the  latter  church 
to  keep  the  manse  in  repair.  For  two  years  longer  I 
served  Hopewell  in  connection  with  the  Tallahatchie 
church.  Was  then  called  to  Cape  Girardeau,  Mo., 
where  I  remained  three  years,  and  after  that  removed 
to  Palmyra,  Mo.,  where  I  labored  two  years.  At  the 
end  of  this  time  I  was  elected  State  Evangelist  by  the 
Synod  of  Missouri.  I  am  engaged  in  this  work  at 
present,  and  the  Loi'd  is  graciously  blessing  my  humble 
efforts,  having  added  one  hundred  souls  to  the  church 


Class  of  1877.  41 

at  Potosi,  where  I  last  held  meetings.  I  usually  write 
my  sermons  in  full,  or  make  an  extended  brief,  and 
then  preach  altogether  without  manuscript  or  notes, 
close  the  Bible  and  rely  on  the  Holy  Spirit  and  previ- 
ous preparation." 

Roseborough  married  Annie  Laurie  Jeffries,  Dec. 
17,  1878^  and  they  hare  three  children;  Carol,  born 
Jan.  16,  1880 ;  Irving,  born  Feb.  13, 1883  ;  and  James 
W.,  Jr.,  born  Oct.  29,  1884.  One  child,  Outhrie,  born 
in  Aug.,  1881,  lived  only  six  months. 

Ross,  James  H.,  South  Norwalk,  Conn.  Was 
ordained  in  18781  and  installed  pastor  of  the  Fourth 
CoDgregational  Church,  Newburyport,  Mass.  Rev. 
William  B.  Wright,  of  Boston,  preached  the  sermon ; 
the  charge  to  the  pastor  was  given  by  Rev.  W.  Irvin, 
D.  D.,  of  Troy,  N.  Y.  He  continued  there  for  five 
years,  and  was  dismissed  May  17,  1882,  being  com- 
pelled to  resign  on  account  of  much  impaired  health. 
He  went  into  the  woods  of  Northern  New  Hampshire 
to  recruit,  and  engaged  in  religious  work  among  the 
lumbermen  at  Berlin  Falls,  N.  H.  This  work  was 
blessed  with  many  conversions,  and  the  out-of-door 
life  so  far  restored  his  health  that  he  was  installed 


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May  6,  1884,  pastor  of  the  Congregational  Church, 
South  Norwalk,  Conn.,  where  he  still  remains.  A 
number  of  his  sermons  and  addresses  have  been  pub- 
lished, and  he  continues  his  journalistic  work  by 
frequent  contributions  both  to  the  secular  and  religious 
press.     He  is  married,  but  has  no  children. 

Scotland,  Alexander,  Brooklyn  N.  Y.  Was 
ordained  by  the  Presbytery  of  West  Jersey,  Oct.  30, 
1877.  He  was  pastor  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  of 
Williamstown,  N.  J.,  from  1887-1879.  Leaving  Wil- 
liamstown  he  went  west,  and  in  1880  became  stated 
supply  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  of  Longmont,  Col. 
After  a  time  he  left  the  ministry  and  entered  the 
medical  profession.  He  is  now  practicing  medicine  in 
Brooklyn. 


David  Scott.  The  first  one  of  our  class  removed 
by  death  was  the  only  one  who  devoted  himself  to  the 
Foreign  Mission  work.  Scott  was  born  in  Philadelphia, 
Pa.,  March  13,  1849.  He  prepared  for  college  in 
Lawrenceville,  N.  J.,  and  graduated  with  honor  from 
Princeton  College  in  1873.     He  was  ordained  by  the 


Class  of  1877.  43 

Presbytery  of  New  York,  June  24,  1877.  On  the  10th 
of  the  same  month  he  had  been  united  in  marriage  to 
Letitia  Kennedy,  of  New  York  City,  and  in  September 
they  set  sail  together  for  their  distant  field  of  labor  in 
Persia.  What  follows  is  taken  from  an  obituary 
notice  written  by  the  Rev.  S.  D.  Alexander,  D.  D.,  of 
New  York,  Scott's  former  pastor. 

David  Scott,  Jr.,  was  the  son  of  David  and  Mary 
Baxter  Scott — worthy  members  of  the  Fifteenth  Street 
Presbyterian  Church.  David  became  a  member  of 
the  Sabbath-school  in  1863  or  1864.  On  the  9th  of 
June,  1865,  he  made  a  profession  of  his  faith  and 
united  with  the  Fifteenth  Street  Church.  Soon  after 
he  expressed  to  his  pastor  his  earnest  desire  to  become 
a  minister  of  the  Grospel.  At  this  time  he  was  a  clerk 
in  the  oflBce  of  the  Manhattan  Gas  Company,  receiving 
a  salary  of  ^900  a  year.  His  pastor  at  first  dis- 
couragjed  him  from  seeking  the  ministry  on  account 
of  his  entire  want  of  education,  and  because  he  was  at 
an  age  which  would  render  it  difiicult  for  him  to  make 
up  his  deficiencies.  Nothing  more  was  said  of  the 
matter  until  a  year  had  elapsed,  when  David  again 
approached  his  pastor,  stating  that  his  mind  was 
irrevocably  made  up  to  be  a  minister  if  it  was  possible. 


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He  said  that  during  the  past  year  he  had  been  attend- 
ing the  night  schools  at  Cooper  Union,  and  had  made 
great  advances  in  his  studies.  His  pastor  could  no 
longer  oppose  what  seemed  to  be  a  call  of  God.  He 
was  immediately  sent  to  the  High  School  at  Lawrence- 
ville,  N.  J.,  and  through  the  liberality  of  the  Eev. 
Samuel  M.  Hamill,  1).  D.,  the  Principal  of  the  school, 
his  expenses  were  merely  nominal.  At  the  end  of 
two  years  he  was  prepared  for  coUesre.  Dr.  Hamill, 
writing  to  his  pastor  at  this  time,  says  :  "  I  will  take 
as  many  young  men  of  the  same  kind,  on  the  same 
terms,  as  you  choose  to  send  me.  David  has  been  a 
blessing  to  the  school." 

In  the  fall  of  1869  he  joined  the  Freshman  Class 
at  Princeton  College,  where  he  remained  four  years, 
graduating  with  high  honors,  and  taking  the  classical 
fellowship  of  the  year.  This  involved  his  spending 
a  year  in  classical  studies  either  in  this  country  or  in 
Europe.  Entering  the  Theological  Seminary  at  Prince- 
ton immediately  after  his  graduation,  he  remained  a 
year,  and  then  proceeded  to  Germany,  where  he  spent 
the  next  year  at  the  University  of  Leipsic,  according 
to  the  terms  of  his  fellowship.  Here,  while  pursuing 
his  classical  studies,  he  gave  all  his  spare  time  to  the 


Class  of  1877.  45 

study  of  the  Oriental  languages,  having  already  deter- 
mined to  give  his  life  to  the  foreign  missionary  work 
in  the  East. 

Returning  to  Princeton  in  1876,  he  was  appointed 
a  tutor  in  the  College,  prosecuting  at  the  same  time 
his  theological  studies  in  the  Seminary.  Having  fin- 
ished his  course  in  Princeton,  he  offered  himself  to  the 
Board  of  Foreign  Missions,  and  was  accepted  and 
appointed  to  the  mission  at  Teheran,  Persia,  with  the 
understanding  that,  while  engaging  in  ordinary  mis- 
sionary work,  he  was  to  give  himself  more  particularly 
to  the  production  of  a  Christian  literature.  In  a  letter 
written  to  his  pastor  at  this  time,  he  says  :  "It  had 
been  a  subject  of  much  prayer  with  me  that  the  Board 
would  be  guided  in  their  decision  as  to  where  they 
should  send  me.  I  felt  that  I  could  not  decide  the 
question  for  myself,  but  was  willing  to  go  where  I 
could  be  most  useful.  I  look,  then,  upon  this  decision 
of  the  Board  as  an  answer  to  prayer." 

Mr.  Scott  was  ordained  by  the  Presbytery  of  New 
York  on  the  24th  of  June,  1877,  and,  having  been 
united  in  marriage  to  a  young  lady  of  this  city,  he, 
with  his  wife,  set  sail  for  his  far-off  field  of  labor  in 
September. 


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After  a  most  arduous  journey,  made  more  difficult 
by  the  approaching  war  between  Eussia  and  Turkey, 
he  arrived  at  Teheran  in  November  and  entered  at  once 
upon  the  study  of  the  Persian  and  the  Turkish  lan- 
guages, acting  on  the  Sabbath  as  chaplain  to  the  Eng- 
lish residents  at  the  capital.  In  the  spring  of  1878, 
his  wife  having,  given  birth  to  a  son,  was  attacked  by 
a  dangerous  and  most  painful  sickness,  which  threat- 
ened her  life  if  she  remained  in  Persia.  By  the  advice 
of  the  English  and  French  physicians  in  the  city,  as 
well  as  of  his  brethren  of  the  mission,  he  determined 
to  bring  his  suffering  wife  home,  and,  after  a  winter's 
journey  of  almost  inconceivable  trial,  he  arrived  safely 
in  New  York  in  March.  Soon  after  his  arrival  he 
called  upon  his  pastor,  who  congratulated  him  on  his 
manifestly  I'obust  health.  But  God's  ways  are  not  as 
our  ways,  for  on  the  2d  of  April,  instead  of  the  suffer- 
ing and  delicate  wife,  the  strong  man  after  a  brief 
illness  was  suddenly  called  to  his  reward.  He  had 
been  permitted  in  infinite  mercy  to  bring  his  wife  and 
child  from  among  strangers  and  heathen,  and  deposit 
them  safely  in  the  bosom  of  sympathizing  friends 
before  he  was  called  to  his  higher  work. 


Class  of  1877.  47 

One  of  the  most  striking  traits  in  Mr.  Scott's 
character  was  his  persevering  industry.  When  once 
his  mind  was  made  up  that  he  must  serve  his  Master 
in  the  ministry,  nothing  could  stand  in  his  way. 
Relinquishing  a  position  with  a  respectable  salary, 
with  an  early  promise  of  increase,  he  entered  upon  his 
long  course  of  preparation,  relying  for  support  upon 
that  God  whose  service  he  had  espoused,  Without 
any  brilliancy  of  parts  but  with  an  indomitable  spirit, 
he  mastered  all  the  subjects  which  he  undertook,  and 
came  out  of  the  college  and  seminary  a  finished 
scholar. 

David  Scott's  piety  was  unobtrusive,  but  deep  and 
growing.  His  one  object  in  life  was  to  devote  all  his 
acquirements  and  his  very  life,  if  necessary,  to  the 
advancement  of  his  Master's  kingdom  on  earth.  This, 
I  Diay  say,  was  the  master  passion  of  his  life  from  his 
very  boyhood.  I  think  that  he  had  many  of  the  char- 
acteristics of  his  Scotch  ancestors,  and  I  believe  that 
he  would  have  gone  to  the  stake,  if  called  to  do  so,  as 
quietly  as  he  went  to  his  books.  David  Scott  never 
talked  much  about  his  feelings,  but  a  great  deal  about 
his  work.  The  simplicity  that  was  in  Christ  Jesus 
clarified  his  entire  life.     Throughout  the  whole  of  his 


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college  career  he  was  a  bright  example  to  his  fellow- 
students,  who  honored  him  because  he  was  so  humble, 
so  consistent,  so  gentle,  so  unassuming. 

Faithful,  pure,  modest,  earnest  David  Scott.    He 
has  gone  quickly  to  his  reward. 


Thompson,   James   W.,   Great  Bend,    Ka.     Was 
licensed  by  the  Presbytery  of  Wooster,  O.,  in  June, 

1876.  After  leaving  the  Seminary  he  spent  the  sum- 
mer in  visiting  and  recreating.  Became  stated  supply 
of  the  Presbyterian  Church  of  Shelby,  0.,  in  August, 

1877,  and  received  and  accepted  a  call  to  become  the 
pastor  of  this  church  in  April  1878.  Was  ordained 
and  installed  on  the  second  Tuesday  of  June,  of  this 
year,  by  the  Presbytery  of  Wooster  in  Shelby.  Was 
moderator  of  this  Presbytery  in  1882,  and  delegate  to 
the  Greneral  Assembly  in  1883.  His  health  failing 
early  in  1885  he  took  a  vacation  from  February  to 
July  of  that  year.  Then  needing  a  change  of  climate 
he  left  his  Shelby  charge  after  eight  years  of  service, 
and  moved  to  great  Bend,  Kan.,  taking  up  a  new 
organization  there.  He  acted  as  supply  until  April, 
1887,  when  he  became  pastor,  being  installed  in  May 


Class  of  1877.  49 

of  the  same  year  by  the  Larned  Presbytery.  This  is 
his  present  charge.  He  is  retiring  moderator  of  his 
Presbytery.  1886  he  was  elected  a  trustee  of  the 
Central  Kansas  College  by  the  Congregational  Asso- 
ciation of  Arkansas  Valley,  and  also  to  the  chair  of 
Belles  Lettres  in  the  same  institution.  He  served  one 
year,  1886-87,  and  then  resigned  on  account  of  over- 
work. In  October,  1887,  he  was  elected  a  trustee  of 
the  Presbyterial  College,  located  at  Dodge  City,  Kan., 
and  made  President  of  the  Board,  as  well  as  President 
of  the  City  Board  of  Education  of  G-reat  Bend.  He 
had  held  a  similar  office  while  in  Shelby.  Thompson 
preached  the  Tenth  Anniversary  Sermon  for  his 
college  class,  Wooster  '74.  His  present  church  is  the 
second  one  of  the  Presbyterian  denomination  organ- 
ized in  Kansas,  has  always  been  self-supporting,  and 
generously  meets  the  wants  of  its  pastor.  He  reports 
himself  as  contented  and  happy  in  his  own  home,  with 
his  wife  and  boy. 

He  married  May  24,  1877,  Martha  Ebright,  of 
Wooster,  Ohio.  They  have  one  child,  Winfield  Otis, 
born  September  29,  1878. 

Todd,  Francis  M.,  Manassas,  Va.  Reports  briefly 
that  he  was  ordained  by  the  Presbytery  of  Washing- 


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ton  City,  Oct.  27,  1878,  and  became  pastor  of  the 
Presbyterian  Church  of  Manassas,  Ya.,  and  at  the 
same  time  stated  supply  of  the  First  Church  of  Prince 
William  County,  Ya.  He  is  still  serving  these  two 
churches. 

Yan  Dyke,  Henry,  D.D.,  Neiv  Yorlc  City.  Is 
pastor  of  the  Brick  Presbyterian  Church,  cor.  5th 
Ave.  and  37th  St.,  New  York.  Was  licensed  to  preach 
by  the  Brooklyn  Presbytery  in  1876.  Was  ordained 
in  Brooklyn,  Feb.  12,  1879,  in  the  Clinton  St.  church. 
Rev.  J.  T.  Duryea,  D.D.,  preached  the  sermon.  In- 
stalled, March  18,  1879,  pastor  of  the  United  Congre- 
gational Church,  Newport,  E.  I.,  Eev.  W.  M.  Taylor, 
D.  D.,  preaching  the  sermon,  Eev.  Dr.  Yan  Dyke, 
Senior,  giving  the  charge  to  the  pastor,  and  Eev.  Greo. 
Harris  (now  Professor  at  Andover)  the  charge  to  the 
people.  In  1876  he  delivered  the  Master's  Oration  at 
Princeton  Commencement,  and  in  the  same  year  was 
made  Associate  Editor  of  the  Presbyterian,  and  an 
editor  of  the  Princeton  Book.  After  graduating  in 
1877  from  the  Seminary,  declining  calls  to  settle,  he 
went  to  the  University  of  Berlin  to  study  New  Testa- 
ment Criticism    and    Christology    under    Professors 


Class  of  1877.  51 

Dorner  and  Weiss.  In  March,  1879,  he  preached  the 
sermon  before  the  Ehode  Island  Association  of  Con- 
gregational Churches.  1881,  Dec.  13,  he  married 
Ellen  Reid,  daughter  of  Andrew  Reid,  Esq.,  of  Balti- 
more, Md.,  and  a  great-niece  of  George  Washington. 
Fanny  Burke  van  Dyke  was  born  June  25,  1883 ;  a 
son,  born  March  9,  1885,  died  in  infancy ;  Henry 
Jackson  van    Dyke  was  born  Jan.  13,  1886. 

In  March  1,  1883,  he  preached  the  sermon  at  the 
installation  of  Rev.  C.  B.  Chapin  ;  and  Jan.  12,  1887, 
the  sermon  at  the  induction  of  our  class-mate  Bur- 
roughs as  College  Pastor  at  Amherst.  Sermons  have 
also  been  preached  before  Princeton  and  Wellesley 
Colleges,  and  in  special  courses  in  Collegiate  Reformed 
Church,  New  York,  First  Presbyterian  Church  of 
Brooklyn.  The  papers  have  contained  at  various 
times  the  reports  of  addresses  at  the  Commencement 
of  the  Brooklyn  Polytechnic,  of  the  University  of 
Vermont,  and  at  the  annual  meetings  and  dinners  of 
societies,  the  Holland,  the  St.  Nicholas,  the  New  Eng- 
land, the  Harvard  Alumni,  the  Woman's  Hospital, 
the  New  York  Congregational  Club,  and  others.  In 
the  issue  of  Harper's  Monthly  for  February,  1881, 
appears  a  finely  illustrated  article  from  the  pen  of 


52  Decennial  Becord 

van  Dyke,  pp.  18,  on  "The  Grospel  History  in  Italian 
Painting."  In  the  Homiletic  Review  for  May,  1886, 
in  a  Symposium  on  "  The  Ministry,"  appears  as 
No.  Ill  of  the  series  an  article  from  him  on  the  ques- 
tion, '•  How  may  the  Ministry  increase  its  Efficiency 
and  Usefulness?  "  Other  articles,  of  which  I  do  not 
happen  to  possess  the  title,  have  appeared  in  the 
Forum,  the  New  Princeton,  the  North  American  Review, 
Presbyterian  Review,  Century,  etc.  "  The  Reality  of 
Religion,"  was  published  by  the  Scribners  in  New 
York,  republished  by  T.  Fisher  XJnwin  in  London,  and 
is  now  in  its  second  edition.  He  writes :  "I  have 
traveled  in  England,  Scotland,  Holland,  France, 
Germany,  and  Italy,  on  foot,  by  horse,  and  by  rail ; 
have  visited  every  eastern  State  from  Maine  to  Florida, 
and  westward  as  far  as  the  Little  Missouri,  and  north- 
ward as  far  as  Winnipeg.  Have  lived  in  army  camp, 
on  the  plains,  in  lumberman's  shanty  in  the  woods, 
with  G-erman  peasants  in  the  Tyrol,  and  Scotch  in  the 
Orkneys;  have  tried  to  see  life  on  many  sides,  cast  a 
line  on  many  waters,  preached  everywhere,  as  oppor- 
tunity offered,  in  Berlin,  Edinburgh,  the  Highlands, 
London,  the  South  and  the  West.  Men  are  the  same 
everywhere,  and  the  G-ospel  fits  the  world."   Van  Dyke 


Class  of  1877.  53 

received  the  degree  of  D.D.  in  1884  from  Princeton 
College.  On  Jan.  16,  1883,  he  was  installed  over  his 
present  charge,  the  Brick  Presbyterian  Church,  New 
York  City.  He  preaches  with  manuscript,  although 
often  prefers  to  depart  from  it. 

He  has  lately  put  forth  a  second  book,  "  The  Story 
of  the  Psalms,"  published  by  Charles  Scribner's  Sons, 
New  York.  In  1885  he  was  elected  a  director  of 
Princeton  Theological  Seminary. 

Yedder,  Albert  P.  Was  ordained  by  the  Pres- 
bytery of  Albany,  N.  Y.,  March  6,  1878,  and  became 
pastor  of  the  church  at  West  Milton,  N.  Y.  In  April, 
1884,  he  was  arraigned  for  complicity  in  a  case  of 
malpractice,  was  convicted  by  the  civil  court  and 
sentenced  to  three  years  imprisonment  in  the  State 
prison  at  Clinton,  N.  Y.  He  was  tried  also  by  the 
Presbytery  of  Albany,  and  being  convicted  was 
deposed  from  the  ministry  and  excommunicated  June 
17,  1884.  Having  served  his  term  he  was  released 
from  prison  in  April,  1887.  His  present  whereabouts 
are  unknown. 

[The  Secretary  regrets  the  necessity  that  compels 
him  to  make  this  sad  record  of  one  so  pleasantly 
remembered  as  a  fellow-student.] 


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Warren,  Edward  L.,  Louisville,  Ky.  Was  licensed 
to  preach  by  the  Presbytery  of  Louisville,  April  6th, 
1876,  and  ordained  at  the  same  place,  Oct.  25,  1877. 
Eev.  S.  R.  Wilson,  D.D.,  presided  and  offered  the 
ordaining  prayer.  Rev.  W.  C.  Matthew,  D.D.,  gave 
the  charge,  and  Rev.  C.  F.  Beach,  D.D.,  preached  the 
sermon.  He  was  installed  pastor  of  the  Olivet  Church, 
Louisville,  Ky.,  Nov.  23,  1879,  in  which  he  had 
previously  worked  as  stated  supply.  About  this  time 
he  went  abroad  in  company  with  Chisolm  of  our  class, 
and  Cecil  of  '78.  In  1882  he  was  moderator  of  the 
Louisville  Presbytery,  and  in  1884  commissioner  to 
G-eneral  Assembly  at  Saratoga;  also  stated  clerk  of 
the  Synod  of  Kentucky  Oct.  14,  1884. 

He  was  married  Oct.  28,  1884,  to  Lizzie  J.  Craw- 
ford, and  went  to  Europe  on  his  wedding  tour.     In 

1885  he  visited  California,  and  the  West,  and  has  just 
returned  from  a  Florida  trip.  During  the  sessions 
of  the  G-eneral  Assembly  that  met  in   Minneapolis  in 

1886  the  Secretary  came  upon  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Warren, 
as  they  with  one  or  two  others  were  being  photo- 
graphed at  the  foot  of  the  Falls  of  Minnehaha. 
Chisolm  has  noted  the  fact  that  Warren  was  one  of 


Class  of  1877.  55 

a   congenial  company  that    tented    together   for  six 
weeks  in  the  Holy  Land. 

Whiteford,  Mathew  M.  Was  ordained  by  the 
Presbytery  of  Muncie,  Oct.  16,  1877,  and  became 
pastor  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  of  Peru,  Ind.,  in 
the  same  year.  He  remained  in  this  charge  until  some 
time  in  1882.  In  June,  1883,  he  was  dismissed  to  the 
Irving  Presbytery  of  the  Free  Church  of  Scotland,  of 
which  country  he  is  a  native.  His  present  address 
and  work  are  unknown. 

WiKOFF,  Harry  Holmes,  Sonoma,  Col.  Was 
ordained  an  evangelist  by  the  Presbytery  of  Winne- 
bago, Oct.  10,  1877,  at  Fort  Howard,  Wis.  Was 
stated  supply  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  of  Juneau, 
Wis.,  from  1877  to  1879.  During  this  time  he  was 
once  moderator  of  Winnebago  Presbytery.  In  the 
late  Fall  of  1879  he  moved  to  Sonoma,  Cal.,  and 
assumed  charge  of  a  Congregational  church  in  that 
town,  where  he  has  remained  ever  since.  His  name 
disappears  from  the  Minutes  of  the  Presbyterian 
Church  after  1882,  being  found  in  1883  on  the  roll  of 
ministers  of  the  Congregational  Church.    It  is  assumed 


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from  this  fact  that  he  has  changed  his  ecclesiastical 
connection,  and  is  now  one  of  the  three  of  our  class 
who  are  .Congregational  ministers. 

Wikoff  was  married  on  Nov.  20,  1879,  at  Juneau, 
to  Josephine  McCune,  and  has  three  children,  two 
girls  and  a  boy. 

WiTTENBERGER,  Joseph,  Alexandria,  Neb.  Was 
ordained  by  the  Presbytery  of  Milwaukee  before  com- 
ing to  the  Seminary,  in  the  Fall  of  1873,  or  the  Spring 
of  1874.  After  graduation  he  became  stated  supply 
of  the  Presbyterian  Church  at  Platteville,  Wis.,  and 
pastor  of  the  same  church  in  1879.  In  1882  he  moved 
to  Plattsmouth,  Neb.,  becoming  stated  supply  of  the 
German  Presbyterian  Church  in  that  town.  In  1885 
he  became  stated  supply  of  the  Meridian  G-erman 
Presbyterian  Church  of  Alexandria,  Neb.,  where  he  is 
at  present.     No  report  has  been  received  from  him. 


The  following  facts  coucerning  Banta  came  too 
late  for  insertion  in  the  regular  place. 

On  account  of  impaired  health  he  was  unable  to 
preach  for  two  jears  and  a  half  after  graduation.  In 
the  fall  of  1879  he  supplied  a  church  in  Garrison,  la.; 
and  then  one  in  Marion,  Ind.,  for  the  same  length  of 
time,  and  subsequently  the  Shiloh  church,  Johnson 
Co.,  Ind.  On  December  1,  1887,  he  terminated  his 
labors  in  the  church  of  Lebanon,  Ind.,  adding  to  his 
work  in  Hopewell  the  charge  of  the  church  of  Eliza- 
ville,  Ind.  He  was  commissioner  to  the  General 
Assembly  in  1887. 

He  married,  Feb.  17,  1881,  Mary  S.  Heckman, 
daughter  of  Rev.  Geo.  C.  Heckman,  D.D.,  of  Cincin- 
nati, 0.  They  have  two  children,  Mary  Derland,  aged 
three  years  (in  Feb.  1888),  and  Frederic  Heckman, 
aged  one  year. 

ERRATUM,  p,  11.— Boyd,  R.  Rev.  Dr.  Mac- 
donald  died  April  19,  1876. 


Class  of  1877.  57 


CLASS  ROLL. 


Names  Addresses. 

Rev.  Lewis  James  Adams,  Jr., Deunison,  Texas. 

"     Samtjel  Winchester  Adriance,  Lowell,  Mass. 

"     Arthur  Huntington  Allen, Troy,  N.  Y. 

"     Matthew  Anderson, 

1926  S.  College  Ave.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

*'     Daniel  Brewer  Banta, Lebanon,  Ind. 

"     Egbert  Boyd, West  Elizabeth,  Pa. 

**     Thomas  McKeen  Boyd, Lewiston,  Idaho. 

"     Prof.  G-eo.  Stockton  Burroughs,  D.D., 

Amherst,  Mass. 

"     Malcolm  Cameron Milton,  Canada. 

*♦     James  Julius  Chisolm, Harrodsburg,  Ky. 

"     Elbert  Nevius  Condit, Astorkr,  Oregon. 

**     Milton  Lewis  Cook, Merryall,  Pa. 

"     John  Wallace  Cummings, Nankin,  Ohio. 

"     John  Morris  Davies, Knoxville,  Tenn. 

"     Edward  Mark  Deems, 

404  West  20th  St.,  New  York,  N.  Y. 


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Re^.  Finley  McNatjghton  Dewey, 

53  Metcalf  St.,  Montreal,  Can. 

Howard    Dtjffield, 

26  Sproat  St.,  Detroit,  Mich. 

Joseph  Heatly  Dulles, Princeton,  N.  J. 

Thomas  S.  Huggart, Lancaster,  Ohio. 

Oliver  Alexander  KERR,...Bordentown,  N.  J. 
William  Lawrence  Ledwith, 

306  Eedwood  St.,  Philadelphia.  Pa. 

John  Elwy  Lloyd, Njack,  N.  Y. 

Prof.  William  Harry  McMeen, 

Charlotte,  N.  C. 

EOBEBT  GrIBSON  McNiECE,  D.D., 

Salt  Lake  City,  Utah. 

Ellsworth  Elza  Moran, Ironton,  Ohio. 

Achilles  W.  Nesbit, Pomona,  Cal. 

William  Parker  Patterson, . .  .Newcastle,  Del. 
Charles  William  Peyton,... Robinson,  Texas. 

John  Graham  Reid, Greeley,  Col. 

James  Williamson  Roseborough, 

Palmyra,  Mo. 

James  Henry  Ross, South  Norwalk,  Conn. 

Alexander  Scotland,  M.D., 

-471-Halsey  St.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
*David  Scott. 


Class  of  1877.  59 

Rev.  James  Winfield  Thompson  . . .  G-reat  Bend,  Kan. 

"     Francis  Makemie  Todd, Manassas,  Va 

"     Henry  van  Dyke,  D.D., 

105  E.  39th  St.,  New  York,  N.Y. 

Albert   Fulton   Vedder, Unknown. 

"      Edward  Leroy  Warren, Louisville,  Ky . 

**     Matthew  Mackie  Whiteford, Scotland. 

"     Harry  Holmes  Wikoff, Sonoma,  Cal. 

*'     Joseph  Wittenberger, Alexandria,  Neb. 


Deceased. 


